Marian University

Awards:
2023-24 Marian Student-Athlete of the Year Finalist
All-NCHA (Feb. 19, 2024)
NCHA Star of the Week (Dec. 5, 2023)
CSC Academic All-District (May 23, 2023)
All-NCHA (March 2, 2023)
Sabre of the Month (Feb. 1, 2023)
NCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 24, 2023)

2023-24: Became the first Sabre to earn multiple All-NCHA awards.  She would set single season Marian records with her 1.70 goals-against average and .957 save percentage.  Kolpitcke is the first Sabre goaltender to ever have a goals-against average below 2.00 and a save percentage higher than .935.  Her .957 save percentage on the season led the NCHA and ranks third in the entire nation.  Kolpitcke earned four victories during the season and had six performances where she allowed one or fewer goals.  She closed out the year with 533 saves on the campaign with at least 40 saves in six games.  She had a season-high 50 stops at home against Aurora during the regular season and against those same Spartans posted a .956 save percentage with 86 total saves in the two-game NCHA Slaats Cup Quarterfinals match-up.  As the anchor of the penalty kill, the Sabre penalty kill finished the season second in the NCHA at 90.2 percent.

2022-23: Earned her first All-NCHA selection after finishing the season 7-10-1 with a single-season Marian record 2.55 goals-against average, also fifth in the NCHA.  She also posted a .925 save percentage with 566 total saves, fifth in the conference.  During NCHA games, Kolpitcke was one of just two goalies in the conference to finish in the top five for saves and save percentage.  Kolpitcke had 10 performances this season with at least 30 saves stopping a season-high 49 shots on the road at No. 14 St. Norbert.  Through her third season as a Sabre, Kolpitcke ranks second all-time for wins with 14, third for saves (1,687), and third for shutouts with three.  She is also on pace to set program records for goals-against average and save percentage.

2021-22: Went 7-18-2 on the season with a 2.70 goals-against average and 999 total saves for a .932 save percentage.  Posted three shutouts with at least 40 saves in 13 games.  In three of those games she made at least 50 saves with her season-best of 56 saves coming in the opener of the road series at Aurora.  Allowed less than three goals in 15 games.  Led the NCHA for saves and ranked fifth in the conference for save percentage.

2021: Had a strong first season between the pipes for the Sabres as just a freshman.  Kolpitcke made 122 saves in just five games played, four of which were starts, posting an .878 save percentage to go with a 4.51 goals-against average.  She opened her Sabre career with a 36-save performance in the finale against Concordia Wisconsin allowing just two goals with a .947 save percentage.  She followed that up with a career-best 40 saves in her next start against Concordia Wisconsin where she only allowed three goals for a .930 save percentage.  In the final game of the regular season, Kolpitcke went on to stop 27 shots.

High School: Earned varsity letters in cross country and high school at Powell High School and was also a member of the Park County Ice Cats for hockey.  Highly decorated student-athlete earning four all-conference honors and one all-state selection for cross country, two all-conference nods for soccer, and seven all-state selections for hockey.  She was the team MVP for soccer twice and cross country three times, along with being named the Senior Athlete of the Year in 2020.  She went on to earn three state championships in hockey, and made an appearance at state for soccer in 2017.

Personal

Parents: Scott and Linda Kolpitcke

Siblings: One brother (Ryan)

Major: Nursing